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More ugly duckling than beautiful swan! While I think many of Ms. Epstein's books are brilliant, this was a disappointment. Who actually over the age of 6 wants to knit a bag that looks like a swan? (think Bjork.) This book incorporated many techniques from her other books; so if you own these, skip this one and make your own design. Trust me. A design of your own could rival many of these. Epstein is brilliant! This book goes above and beyond the typical "knit a bag" books that are out there. It's as if an artist let you in on her secrets. Some of the bags are a little goofy in design, but the ones that are fabulous (Wisteria, Jacobian, etc.) are well worth the price of the book. Wherever I go, people say, "What a fabulous bag!" - Thanks Nicky!!! I want to own every one of her books! Book is Great! Yarn is awful! I loved this book and have knitted two of the purses - Striped Houndstooth and Fuschias. Both patterns are well written although not as detailed as I feel they could be. I do have to give customers one warning -- I didn't like the Shetland yarn. I bought a kit and I was satisfied with it until I felted it. It stretched like heck. I think it would be better to substitute the yarn and then possibly use it doubled. For the Striped Houndstooth I used Lion Wool (one strand) and it came out great - unbelievably thick and so nice. I think the colors are comparable to those called for in the pattern. I would suggest buying this book and then substituting the yarn so you won't be disappointed in your project. As always, I love Nicky's imagination. They are not boring to make to say the least! Keeps you interested until the last stitch. Love this Book! If you love Nicky's other books, you will enjoy this one also. She has her own style and fashions great felted bags. A very good book to have on the shelf. kinda sorta good I, like other reviewers, found some of the ideas inane, some foolish and others exciting. One of the exciting ones I tried (with, unfortunately the Jamison's yarn in the kit, which felts poorly and pills easily) was written extremely badly, and it took me 4 tries to finally get it right, and only after completely disregarding the colorwork instructions. This is really inexcusable in a book of this cost, and I only hope that later editions were corrected. I won't blindly follow the insrtuctions in any other bag I try in this book, I'll follow what's on my needles. Still, the book has some good ideas, but I would only recommend this to experienced colorworkers and felters. See also:
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